[vala] Release 0.53.1

[Rico Tzschichholz <ricotz src gnome org>]

commit dc46b5fecc2535c7437e1d270db80c632c61da0f
Author: Rico Tzschichholz <ricotz ubuntu com>
Date:   Fri Aug 20 14:18:38 2021 +0200

    Release 0.53.1

 NEWS                      | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 doc/vala-gen-introspect.1 |  4 ++--
 doc/valac.1               |  4 ++--
 doc/valadoc.1             |  4 ++--
 doc/vapigen.1             |  4 ++--
 5 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4e37dba4d..5204fed39 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,46 @@
+Vala 0.53.1
+===========
+ * Highlights:
+  - Support explicit nullable var-type declarations [#1146]
+  - Add support for variadic delegates [#160]
+  - Add support for sealed classes [#278]
+  - Add support for null-safe access operator [#522]
+  - Emit external creation methods in bindings
+  - Introduce VALA_EXPORT for public symbols to improve portability
+  - girwriter:
+    + Use "optional" and "nullable" instead of deprecated "allow-none"
+    + Improve struct creation method binding
+  - girparser:
+    + Improve instance method detection [#1210]
+    + Never skip "function" elements
+    + Add "move-to" value of functions as Version.replacement
+
+ * Various improvements and bug fixes:
+  - codegen:
+    + Use ssize_t for length variables in common array helper functions
+    + Fix support for public fields on GLib.Source subclasses
+  - vala:
+    + Add Profile.LIBC as synonym for POSIX and accept "libc" profile
+    + Improve semantic check of simple type structs
+    + Refactor UnresolvedSymbol/Type constructors
+    + Properly check GLib.Object naming convention for properties
+    + Add foreach statement support for GLib.GenericArray
+  - build: Add "test-asan" make target for convenience
+  - build: Add --enable-test-ubsan configure option and "test-ubsan" make target
+  - build: Use jing to verify generated GIR file, if available
+  - testrunner: Allow checking generated C sources
+
+ * Bindings:
+  - Remove gedit-2.20 and webkit-1.0 bindings
+  - gio-2.0,glib-2.0: Add new symbols from 2.69.0
+  - gio-2.0: Improve DatagramBased.create_source() binding
+  - glib-2.0: Wrap TimeZone.identifier() constuctor for proper error support
+  - gstreamer-rtp-1.0: Fix some bindings errors [#1177]
+  - gstreamer: Update from 1.19.0+ git master
+  - javascriptcoregtk-4.0: Fix JSC.Class.add_property() binding
+  - linux: Add SocketCAN bindings, and ISOTP constants and options
+  - webkit2gtk-4.0: Update to 2.33.3
+
 Vala 0.52.5
 ===========
  * Various improvements and bug fixes:
diff --git a/doc/vala-gen-introspect.1 b/doc/vala-gen-introspect.1
index 98a6fc308..72240026e 100644
--- a/doc/vala-gen-introspect.1
+++ b/doc/vala-gen-introspect.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.48.1.
-.TH VALA-GEN-INTROSPECT "1" "April 2021" "gen-introspect 0.52.2" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.48.4.
+.TH VALA-GEN-INTROSPECT "1" "August 2021" "gen-introspect 0.53.1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 vala-gen-introspect \- generate a GI file for GObject and glib based packages
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/doc/valac.1 b/doc/valac.1
index a1c0c3a9f..04a1ffcff 100644
--- a/doc/valac.1
+++ b/doc/valac.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.48.1.
-.TH VALAC "1" "April 2021" "Vala 0.52.2" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.48.4.
+.TH VALAC "1" "August 2021" "Vala 0.53.1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 valac \- compiler that translates Vala source code into C source and header files
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/doc/valadoc.1 b/doc/valadoc.1
index 8e6411e2e..5ab01da49 100644
--- a/doc/valadoc.1
+++ b/doc/valadoc.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.48.1.
-.TH VALADOC "1" "April 2021" "Valadoc 0.52.2" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.48.4.
+.TH VALADOC "1" "August 2021" "Valadoc 0.53.1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 valadoc \- Vala Documentation Tool
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/doc/vapigen.1 b/doc/vapigen.1
index 162d422a2..6be9be44b 100644
--- a/doc/vapigen.1
+++ b/doc/vapigen.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.48.1.
-.TH VAPIGEN "1" "April 2021" "Vala API Generator 0.52.2" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.48.4.
+.TH VAPIGEN "1" "August 2021" "Vala API Generator 0.53.1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 vapigen \- generate a Vala API
 .SH SYNOPSIS